21 December 2020
Tier 4 lock down happened at the weekend which kind of put paid to my plans for working on the car; what with having to replan Christmas and figure out how to get presents to the rest of the family. I'm a not sure how I can get down to pick up the kit in the New Year if this lock down continues. Spent a couple of hours in the garage after work. I painted one side of the front uprights and brake dust shields with Smoothrite, touched up the spots on the steering rack that had flaked off as well. I removed the engine mount brackets and scrubbed them off in the parts cleaner. Did a bit of general tidying up and checking over the engine. Really need to have a tip run to get rid of old fluids and rubbish, and reorganise things to give me more room I'm having to step over stuff to get around the garage. I want to strip the engine very soon to assess if it is salvageable or not. My Canems ECU and loom is ready so paid that bill, it should be with me this week – early Christmas present! 23 December 2020 My ECU and loom from Canems arrived today, looks great. Also heard from Andy that my kit should be ready for collection around January 9/10. With Tier4 lockdown in my area, I'm not allowed to travel out of my Tier4 area so not sure what I'm going to do. There will be a review of the tier level before the end of the year but I would be surprised if it will be lifted. Might have to arrange for a shipping company to collect it for me, not ideal but without knowing when I would be able to get down I can't see an alternative. 26 December 2020 I was very fortunate and my lovely girlfriend bought me a compressor for the garage so I now have air power. I only have a blower at the moment but I doubt it will stay that way for long. Top of the list is a pop riveter and a air hammer/needle gun. Spent the afternoon in the garage moved the wheels into the shed and tidied things up a bit. I cleaned up the gearbox bellhousing that was black with a mix of grease and clutch dust. Lots of scrubbing with wires brushes, degreaser and cloths got rid of most of it. I removed the clutch release bearing and lever and cleaned them up. Replaced the gear lever bush, changed the oil in the shifter turret and put a new lower seal on the gear lever. Made a start on the outer casing removing the surface corrosion with my drill and wire wheel. 27 December 2020 Finished cleaning up the outside of the gearbox – it's not spotless but it better than it was. Greased and reassembled the clutch release bearing and pivot. Started on the differential with a flap wheel, cleaned out the bush mounts and went over the surface with wire wheels. The nose of the diff had a lot of surface rust so I decided to paint it and hopefully protect it. Put some pro15 metal ready on it to stabilise the surface and then a coat of etch primer. Ordered some more bits that I will need soon, new diff driveshaft seals, copper washers and couch washers.
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